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Testerian manuscript

Fragment of a catechism used by friars for Indian conversion in New Spain. It is written using a form of prehispanic pictographic writing possibly based on an earlier Nahuatl version and other symbols that could be phonetic or rebus in nature.

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Fragment of a catechism used by friars for Indian conversion in New Spain. It is written using a form of prehispanic pictographic writing possibly based on an earlier Nahuatl version and other symbols that could be phonetic or rebus in nature.